School: Gurrane (B.) (roll number 14839)
- Location:
- Clondrohid, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 139
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- (continued from previous page)have the produce of that cow for the year. It was also an old custom that if you milked a neighbour's cow on May morning that you would have the butter of that cow for the year. And it was also a custom if you went out on May morning and looked for snails and if the first one you found would be a black one you would be married to a black girl. And if you found a light coloured one you would be married to a light-haired girl. If you met a foxy woman on may Day you would be lucky for the year. And if you met a black haired girl on May Day you would be mislucky for the year.
- If you met a black snail on May morning you would be married to black woman. If you met a red snail on May morning you would be married to a foxy woman. It is unlucky to meet a foxy woman on May Morning. People go to "Cahir" on May Day to perform rounds and to bring home water. If you milked your cow on May Day you would have the produce of his milk for the year.
- If you met a black snail on May morning you would be married to a black woman. If you met a red snail on May morning you would be married to a foxy woman. It is unlucky to meet a foxy woman on May morning. People go to "Cahir" on May Day to perform rounds and to bring home water. If you milked your cow on May Day you would have the produce of his milk for the year.
- Collector
- Con Kelleher
- Gender
- Male
- It was a custom on May Day that if you washed your face on the dew you would be grand for the year. If you met a brown snail you would be married to a foxy woman. There was a man there long ago and a neighbour called to him for milk on May Day. He was eating his breakfast and he told him to go out and milk a cow and he never thought that it was May Day morning for it was said that if a neighbour milked a cow first he would have the produce of the year.
